MEGAN: This morning began as usual- turnouts, feeding, the indoor- then I tacked Simba up and had a lesson with Lendon. We worked on the medium trot and turn on forehand, haunches, and rein back. After cleaning my horse, his tack, stall, brushes, water, and painting his feet with turpentine (at the farrier’s request), I did laundry, scooped, and did saddles in Mica’s barn. At the end of the day Hannah and I also organized all of the D4K stuff in the hay loft. There are about 15 garbage bags full of stuff for the tack sale this weekend and cleaning it is tomorrow’s job. At home I changed and ran (a distance-type workout), showered, and had marinara sauce and broccoli for dinner. After watering Lendon’s plants, I will ride through my dressage tests in my head because I am doing them in my lesson tomorrow, then study the teeth book for the Festival. I have a busy evening in front of me!
SIMBA: Mom is learning how to ride me effectively. I can really feel a difference in how she rides and trains me- she is beginning to internalize that every response I give her, good or bad, is what she teaches me to do. That was a concept which was not at all grasped upon our arrival here a month and a half ago. She still could use more half halts, but she rides me more uphill and her transitions and figures are more accurate. I take all the credit, all the credit…
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